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SCL 503 ECONOMY, SOCIETY AND VALUES (3) The study o f economi c and social rela ti ons as they impact human values, with emphasis o n analyti c too ls for compara tive research and cross-cultu ral mini stry. Prerequi site: 300. SCL 505 PHONETICS (3) T he study o f the articul ati o n, cl ass ifi cation, reproducti o n and recording o f speach sounds; principles of pho netic change . SCL 510 GENERAL LINGUISTICS (3) T he study of descripti ve lingui sti cs and its relevancy in language learning and Bible tran slati o n. May be repea ted with different content. SCL 511 LANGUAGE LEARNING AND LINGUISTICS (3) Applying lingui sti c techniques to learn how to speak ano ther language. T he theo ry and practice of th e LAMP method of language learni ng. Fee: $125. SCL 512 PHONOLOGICAL THEORY (3) Special prob lems in pho nological anal ys is fro m vario us languages includ ing abstract pho no logy. Pre requi site: 413 & 414. SCL 514 GRAMMATICAL THEORY (3) An introduction to th e theory of dis course lingui stics; considera ti o n of va ri ous levels o f surface grammar and semanti c unde rl ay, with app li cati o n to different lan guages. Prerequi site: 417 &418. SCL 517 FIELD METHODS IN LINGUISTICS (3) Ex tensive wo rking wi th speakers of no n-lndo-European languages: special emphas is o n coll ec ting and analyzing lan guage data, and o n d evel op ing a language learning program. Requirement: Completi on of/or simul taneous enro ll ment in SCL 512 & 514. SCL 520 INTERPERSONAL AND INTERCULTURAL ADJUSTMENT (3) Issues relating to intercultural living with focus o n personal and interpersonal adjustment with natio nals and o th er mi s sio nari es; language, value confli cts, status and ro le, culture shock, stereotypes, cul tural limi ta ti o ns and related top ics.
SCL 531 PEOPLES OF ETHNIC AMERICA (3) A study of no n-caucasian ethni c grou ps in the li gh t o f th eir hi storical and socio-cul tu ral background . Practi cal fi eld experi ence in an ethni c communi ty. Fee: $35 .
culture as they relate to the med ia and th e message.
SCL 691-692 TUTORIAL (3, 3) A self-s tudy course fo r experienced field wo rkers, und er directi o n of a facul ty mentor, in the subj ect area o f th e D.Miss . core requirement. T hi s course is limited to D.Miss. students who can demonstrate pri o r knowledge and competence in the subject area o f the required co re. SCL 702 SOCIAL ORGANIZATION (3) Cross-cul tural study o f the basic human groups of family, kin and communi ty, engaging the stud ent in fi eld methodo logy and research, and appli cati o n of princi ples and data of social organization to mi s sion strategy. SCL 705 SEMANTICS (3) Study of systems of symbols or "signs," examinati o n of stru ctures underlying cul tu ral activity from fundamenta l level o f individual sign crea ti on to more complex sys tems. SCL 803 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH (2) An advanced course o n the ethn o graphi c method , emphas izing ri gorous research des ign and qu ali ty contro l wi th specific reference to educat ional resea rch . SCL 879 RESEARCH DESIGN (3) Develo pment and refin ement o f the doctoral di ssertation proposal th rough preparati o n, presentation and critique of proposal d rafts and examin at io n and di s cussio n of issues related to d issertati on research. HISTORY AND THEOLOGY OF MISSIONS SHM 540 PRINCIPLES OF CHURCH PLANTING (3) A study of the biblical mandate to establish local churches amo ng all of the peop les making up mankind. Special emph asis on intercultural chu rch p lanting amo ng th e unreached peopl es o f As ia, Africa, Lat in Ameri ca and the ethni c minoriti es of the wes tern world. SHM 546 HISTORY OF THE EXPANSION OF CHRISTIANITY (3) The background , o ri gin, deve lo pment and spread of the Chri sti an fai th from the apostoli c peri od until today. Emph asis will be given to the modern era, especia ll y
SCL 532 PEOPLES OF THE WORLD (3)
Specific area studi es with emphas is on customs, social structures, reli gio n, arts, hi story and inte rcultu ral communi ca ti o n. O ne or mo re secti ons offered every year in areas such as: Afri ca, As ia, Na ti ve Ameri ca, M iddl e East, South Pacific, Europe. May be repeated with d iffere nt course content. SCL 533 ETHNIC MINORITIES IN SELECTED CULTURES (3) Examines the prob lems, aspi rati o ns, and needs of ethni c mino riti es in selected cultures, th e d iff icul ties of determi ning basic human rights, and the confli cts asso ciated with the demands o f nati o nal gov ernments, cultural and ethni c ti es and re li gious trad itions. SCL 601 CONTEMPORARY ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY (3) Expl o res the key theore ti cal perspec tives empl oyed in cul tura l anth ropo logy today to critica ll y evaluate their utili ty fo r crosscultural research. Topics include Cultu ral Mate ri alism, Structu ra lism, Functio nali sm, Transactio n and Process, Cultural Ecology, Politi cal Economy, etc. SCL 606 NATURE OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL INQUIRY (2) Expl anation o f the re lati onshi ps between anthropo logical theory, problem definiti on, resea rch strategy and me thod o logy, data coll ecti o n and analys is, and generali zatio n and ap pli ca tion. Prerequi site: SCL 601. SCL 621 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS (3) Study of the inter-relat ionships of lan guage and society in areas such as fo lklo re, worldvi ew, bilinguali sm, personali ty, clas sifica ti o ns and other to pi cs. SCL 622 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION (3) Principles and processes o f communi ca ting from one cul ture to ano ther. Focus o n di ffe rent perceptio ns, ways o f thinking, values, non-verbal exp ress ion, language express io n and sub-groups within a
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